Blues master Melvin Taylor performs Saturday, April 14 at the NightCat.
The NightCat in Easton hosts virtuoso electric blues guitarist Melvin Taylor Saturday, April 14 at 8 pm.This self taught master was influenced by many of histories true guitar pioneers including – Albert King, Wes Montgomery, and Jimi Hendrix.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he moved to Chicago at the age of three. The move introduced Melvin to the melting pot of Blues, Jazz, Rock n’Roll and R & B. With his ability to merge blues with other genres of music, Melvin Taylor created his own unique sound.
Rolling Stone has described him as , “One of the most exhilarating blues guitarists to emerge in the past decade…[he] is more a blues innovator than a purist, mixing jazz chords and rock influences into his tapestry of electric blues. ”
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Saturday, Aoril 14th, 2012
8:30 P.M.
$22
NightCat
5 Goldsborough St
Easton, MD 21601
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